ThinkPad X1 Carbon

TBH I'm liking Macs more and more. My company is a remote, dispersed consultancy and allows users to choose Apple or Lenovo. First, it's cheaper to get a Macbook Air 24GB than a roughly-equivalent Lenovo X1 Carbon core i7 32GB. The Air holds up better to the consultants' constant travel. The Air has

Just as a datapoint to anyone wondering what this actually means.... my current laptop is X1 Carbon Gen13, which has a Lunar Lake CPU/GPU. It was declared stable in the xe driver in May 2024. Just a few days ago, that is in July 2026, there appeared finally a patch (that is merged upstream but not i

Nah man, thw X1 Carbon Gen 12 isn't better because of a key. X1 Carbon Gen 13 is much superior

There is a reason why Lenovo is selling certified refurbished X1 Carbon Gen 9 with high spec for dirt cheap at the moment. If it sounds to be good to be true… There is a inherent issue with gen 9 unfortunately so they had a huge return back to base from corporate rerun.

4k display kills your battery. Avoid X1 Carbon if you don't like soft touch coating. Some other models might have a soft touch as well, so look that up before buying. I'd go with the same CPU you had, 1185g7 is a good option on a budget. Or AMD 6650u, 6850u are still powerful enough, battery efficie

I'd go for T14, maybe t14s or X9 - the X1 Carbon always was "expensive, but cool and slow", it was never about being a good deal I also hate to say it, but if you are not overly attached windows/linux, just get a macbook. Even refurbished M4 Pro or something like that will be miles ahead in terms of

Idk i think the the recent-ish E and L series are underrated. In canada, browsing various marketplaces I could only find a t14 gen 1 or 2 (forgot which gen) with only an intel i5 10th gen when I could sometimes rarely find an eleventh gen. Whereas I found an L14 Gen 3 for $237 CAD with a 12th gen i3

The X1 Carbons and T series feel nice (especially recent ones) but they're not a solid piece of metal so they're always going to have some creak compared to a MacBook. But the hinges are very solid and the keyboard praise is real. There are a lot of other compromises though compared to a MacBook. Wi

_UPDATE 2: I returned it. The coil whine was driving me mad. It was not only during load but it also appeared during less stressfull scenarios like browsing and office work :/ Total no go for me. You can find a youtube link in this post. Then there was the issue with the speakers doing a "plop" soun

Factory defect, with a sleepstate issue, units when shut down for a few days or more would no longer POST or charge. CMOS battery was/is fully charged, requiring a pin-hole reset to temporarily resolve the issue. Solution is board replacement, this issue was prevalent in both the X1 Carbon Gen 9 and